Panama Skyline

Dean Owen

A few yards away from the presidential palace in Panama City's "old town" of Casco Viejo, one can admire the capital city's downtown skyline across the Bay of Panama. Nearly 1.3 million people comprise the metropolitan area, which has become a Latin American hub for numerous multi-national corporations. The nation's $58 billion gross domestic product likely will be bolstered beginning in 2015 when a $5.3 billion expansion of the Panama Canal is expected to be completed. Also a new metro system, slated for use in 2014, will help alleviate some of the city's irritating traffic congestion.

A few yards away from the presidential palace in Panama City's "old town" of Casco Viejo, one can admire the capital city's downtown skyline across the Bay of Panama. Nearly 1.3 million people comprise the metropolitan area, which has become a Latin American hub for numerous multi-national corporations. The nation's $58 billion gross domestic product likely will be bolstered beginning in 2015 when a $5.3 billion expansion of the Panama Canal is expected to be completed. Also a new metro system, slated for use in 2014, will help alleviate some of the city's irritating traffic congestion. (Dean Owen)

A few yards away from the presidential palace in Panama City's "old town" of Casco Viejo, one can admire the capital city's downtown skyline across the Bay of Panama. Nearly 1.3 million people comprise the metropolitan area, which has become a Latin American hub for numerous multi-national corporations. The nation's $58 billion gross domestic product likely will be bolstered beginning in 2015 when a $5.3 billion expansion of the Panama Canal is expected to be completed. Also a new metro system, slated for use in 2014, will help alleviate some of the city's irritating traffic congestion.